September 29 – October 4
Theme: KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEST MEDICINE. ASK. TALK. LISTEN.
Quick Links
| CPSW Planners’ Guide | Order Form | Display Banner | Tent Cards | CPSI/MIPS Generic Radio PSA |
| Question & Answer Backgrounder | Menu of Patient Safety Questions | Links to Tools | Public Service Announcements | |
CPSW Planners’ Guide
This guide is designed to provide busy health care providers with ideas on potential Canadian Patient Safety Week activities to do and resources available.
Click here to download the file.
CPSW participants are invited to complete the Order Form (Word format) and either email to admin@mbips.ca
or fax to (204) 779-6477 by Tuesday, September 2, 2008.
Click here to download the form.
This banner can be used as a heading for a table top or bulletin board display that is 4 feet by 3 feet in size. The actual display banner is approximately 3 feet long and 71/2 inches wide and prints onto 5 pages.
Click here to download a PDF file.
The tent cards are 5 inches (high) and 7 inches wide. They can be printed on heavier paper and used as table top or desk top tent cards in reception areas, waiting rooms, cafeterias, etc to inform both the public and health care providers about Canadian Patient Safety Week.
Click here to download PDF file.
CPSI/MIPS Generic Radio PSAs
This radio ad was designed for the 2007 CPSW campaign but is generic and can be used this year.
Click here to listen to the radio ad.
The 2008 CPSI/MIPS Radio PSA is geared to this year’s theme- Knowledge is the best medicine.
Click here to listen to the radio ad.
Question & Answer Backgrounder
Q1: What is Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW)?
A1: Canadian Patient Safety Week is Canada’s only national campaign to raise awareness of patient safety and related programs and initiatives. The week was founded in 2005 and is now an annual event to keep the issue of patient safety foremost in the minds of Canadians. It is sponsored by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute as part of its national mandate to build and advance a safer healthcare system for Canadians.
Q2: When does CPSW 2008 occur?
A2: CPSW occurs from September 29 to October 4.
Q3: What is the theme of CPSW 2008?
A3: The theme of 2008 CPSW is “Knowledge Is the best medicine. Ask. Talk. Listen. The theme is based on a key element in quality healthcare - knowledge sharing- essential to all healthcare settings. The idea is by knowledge sharing we can improve communication between patients, healthcare providers, families and caregivers.
Q4: What are the goals of CPSW?
A4: The goals of CPSW are to:
- Share information about best safety practices.
- Highlight patient safety champions at work and in the community.
- Recognize successful patient safety programs and ideas.
Q5: Who are the intended audiences?
A5: The message: Ask. Talk. Listen. is aimed at everyone. All of us have a responsibility to promote patient safety in our work settings, in our communities and with the public in general to make sure Canadians grasp the importance of patient safety and their role in it.
Q6: How can you help?
Q6: Everyone has a role to play in improving communication around patient safety. You can:
- Encourage patients to ask more questions.
- Listen to make sure patients and their families understand what is said.
- Talk with co-workers about patient safety issues.
- Get co-workers interested and involved in patient safety.
- Become a patient safety promoter/advocate.
- Lead by example and practise sharing knowledge.
- Visit the www.mbips.ca and the www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca websites and use the tools and information posted online.
- Host a CPSW event. See the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety’s CPSW Planners’ Guide for suggestions of potential activities and related resources.
- Include patient safety discussions at staff meetings.
- Use CPSW and It’s Safe to Ask posters all year round to reinforce patient safety messages.
Q7: What are the facts on patient safety in Canada?
A7: Did you know…
- 185,000 patients (or 7.5% of Canadians) admitted to hospital experience adverse events.*
- 70,000 (or 37%) admissions are considered highly preventable.*
- The rate of adverse events in other countries ranges from 2.9-16.6 %.*
- The most common types of adverse events are:
- Events related to surgical procedures (34%).*
- Medication or fluid-related events (24%).*
- The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) says:
- One in 9 patients receives the wrong medication or wrong dose.
- One in 9 adults contracts infection in hospital.
- There are more deaths after experiencing adverse events in hospital than deaths from breast cancer, motor vehicle and HIV combined.
* (Source: Baker & Norton Study. Adverse Events in Canadian Hospitals. 2004.)
To download the Questions & Answers in MS WORD format, click here.
Menu of Patient Safety Questions
CPSW participants may wish to review the menu of possible questions to ask when hosting a draw or providing giveaways.
Click here to download the file.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute website
Click here to be directed to the CPSW website
The It’s Safe to Ask Medication Card is for people to record medications. The purpose of the card is to
- promote patient safety through safe use of medications,
- encourage people to ask questions about their medications, and
- help healthcare providers and emergency responders know patients’ current medications
Click here to learn more.
Click here to download the poster.
It’s Safe to Ask (ISTA) Brochures, posters and audios.
The brochures and posters are available in 15 languages.
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It’s Safe to Ask audio announcement (available in 9 different languages) |
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| Amharic | Arabic | Chinese | Cree | Eritrean |
| English | French | German | Korean | Ojibway |
| Oji-Cree | Punjabi | Russian | Spanish | Tagalog |
To learn more visit the It’s Safe to Ask website.
Brandon Regional Health Authority’s “Room of Horrors” Activity
Click here to download the PDF file and click here to download the Word file.
Registration Form for CPSW Draw
Click here to complete the on-line registration form as instructed to be eligible for the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety random draw.
NOTE: To be eligible for the draw, participants must:
- Be registered on the Canadian Patient Safety Institute website for CPSW,
- Submit the on-line registration form of planned activities to MIPS by September 2, 2008, and
- Agree to participate in a minimum of 3 CPSW activities.
The winner of the registration fee for the Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium 8 from October 23-25, 2008 is Brandon RHA.
Events Form
Click here to complete the CPSW Events Form. Please send the completed form to dwhite@mbips.ca.
We greatly appreciate hearing from all our enthusiastic CPSW participants! We will create a photo gallery of CPSW photos sent to us
Congratulations to all participants for your commitment to Canadian Patient Safety Week!
Canadian Patient Safety Week Project Partners
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